الكويت (Al-Kuwayt, the city)

الكويت (Al-Kuwayt), also spelled Kuwait is the capital of the country of the same name. It has less than 100 thousand residents in the city proper but has more than 1.5 million metropolitan residents². The tallest building is the 60 story Arraya Center Office Tower, though taller structures are under construction and the telecommunications structure, the Liberation Tower is taller at 372 meters. The shorter Kuwait Towers serve as observatories of the urban scene as well as for television.

The port of al-Shuwaikh is located just north of the city.

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Footnotes

1. World-gazetteer.com (accessed 7/10/2010).